Chaos erupted earlier today as a reported gang war among thug biker gangs broke out at restaurant in Waco, Texas, leaving at least 9 dead and 18 wounded:
BREAKING: 9 killed after fight and shooting erupts among rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas, police say
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 17, 2015
Nine people were killed in shooting among rival bikers in Waco, Texas, CNN affiliates say. http://t.co/1BQ6BlnVXV
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 17, 2015
JUST IN: Mass shooting in Waco, TX. At least 9 dead as rival biker gangs fight at restaurant: http://t.co/YJrD5JpJa4 pic.twitter.com/YzXl46adii
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) May 17, 2015
Police in Waco, Texas say nine people are dead and multiple people are injured after a shooting between rival biker gangs at a restaurant Sunday.
Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton told The Associated Press that eight people died at the scene of the shooting at the Twin Peaks restaurant about noon Sunday and another person died at a hospital. The severity of injuries to others was not immediately known and it is not clear if bystanders at the restaurant were among the injured.
At least 18 people were transferred to local hospitals with gunshot and stab wounds, KCEN reports.
Swanton said Department of Public Safety troopers, police officers from several cities and deputies from the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office have surrounded the restaurant to secure the area.
“Officers were on scene when shooting started,” the Waco Police Department posted on Facebook. “No officers have been injured.”
And although we’re still gathering details on just what happened, many are asking why there aren’t more calls to label the thug biker gang members as “thugs”:
Even the phrasing of "biker gangs" serves to validate them as a subset of a larger grouping as if "biker" = safe. 9 dead, 18 injured. Waco.
— deray (@deray) May 17, 2015
ATTENTION @FOXNEWS ➤ "T̶H̶U̶G̶ I MEAN WHITE GANG MEMBER ALERT" ➧ 9 people dead in gang violence in Texas. http://t.co/tv6zEh8565
— It's Fox News, Stupid! (@Shoq) May 17, 2015
@CNN theres serious action in #Waco…thats not being reported..check it thug gang members killing each other
— One problem (@Hotflashes10) May 17, 2015
Biker gang had a shootout with police. *Patiently waits for the thug and criminal comments* #Waco #WacoThugs
— Ke From the B (@LoveMelanin_x) May 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/LitLuisa/status/600063291918942208
So, 'rival criminal biker gangs' killed 9ppl & injured 18 w/ guns & knives? Is this a thug thing, or nah? #Waco
— i.Mogul (@IngaNandiwillis) May 17, 2015
Sunday Biker Gang Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, Several Injured http://t.co/NEFh0FYcPN media… We are waitn to hear the word #thug uniteblack
— Down with my people (@regular_Bdude) May 17, 2015
Hey, we’re calling them thugs and if President Obama and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake want to call these Texas bikers “thugs” like they called the Baltimore rioters “thugs,” we’re fine with it.
And some want the media to label this as “white-on-white” violence and question whether absentee fathers are to blame:
https://twitter.com/AutumnNAlston/status/600060303276015617
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/600051646673072130
https://twitter.com/NatureGuy101/status/600066862098055168
https://twitter.com/SheisEstrogen/status/600063566557745153
https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/600059781928194049
This white on white crime has to stop #Waco
— Huey Freeman ?✊? (@_SLENDERella_) May 17, 2015
Good question on the absentee fathers and we’d like to know the criminal history of the bikers involved in today’s shootings, too.
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